Category: Poems by – 秦觀 (1049-1100)

春路雨添花 On a spring path flowers thrive with rain
花動一山春色 Hills are in beautiful scenes of spring
行到小溪深處 At the far end of a small brook
有黃鸝千百 Hundreds of oriels sing to provoke

飛雲當麵化龍蛇 Fleeting clouds change to become dragons and snakes
夭驕轉空碧 Extending their reaches to cover a sky blue and big
醉臥古藤陰下 Being drunk I lie in the shade of aging vines
了不知南北 Knowing not if it is north or south I reside

西城楊柳弄春柔 Willows play with the vernal breeze in west town
動離憂 I pine for you
淚難收 Tears anew
猶憶多情 Remember how I express my love for thee
曾為繫歸舟 Holding your boat not letting it leave
碧野朱橋當日事 The fields green and bridge red like yore
人不見 I see you not again
水空流 Water flows in vain

Clouds float creating wonders like artist feats
Stars’ fleeting regret repeats
Across the Milky Way the Cowherd Star silently goes to his annual retreat
A single moment together amid golden breeze and jade dew
Can eclipse all human affections in multiple heat

Their love flows tenderly as water
This happy date seems but a dream
They had to leave the Magpie Bridge to go each their own way
When lovers promise to love forever
Need they measure togetherness by hours and day